On Fri, 13 Feb 1998, Bill Eastman wrote:
> On a more universal tack, how about the plow? I have heard that the plow
> is considered to be the most important invention in man's history (fire is
> not an invention but a discovery) since the plow allowed a band of humans
> to produce enough food from a single place. With the plow, people no
> longer had to be nomadic foragers and thus civilization as we know it was
> born. Labour was freed up to do other things such as build buildings and,
> in the long run, LBC's
Yes, James Burke did a good show on this.
> To tie this back to the obligatory music angle, wasn't the band Jethro Tull
> named after the legendary inventor of the plow?
Seed drill.
> Bill Eastman
> 61 MGA
> No radio so I can't cruise to "Thick as a Brick"
"Really don't mind if you sit this one out." Thanks. Now I'm going to
have to go home and listen to it. :)
Kevin Sullivan -- 1960 MGA kevins@khoral.com
Khoral Research Inc. www.khoral.com/staff/kevins/mgstuff
Albuquerque NM USA
1960 MGA
1957 Magnette ZB
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